983 Perplexed and Smitten 43 (2/2)
”That wouldn't be the case if the rapist is a hideous middle-aged man.” An Xiaoning chuckled and continued, ”Its okay for novel authors to come up with absurd and far-fetched storylines, but forgoing morals is unacceptable. Novels are inspired by real life stories, and in fact, everyone's life is just like a novel. Everything will end when the ending comes.”
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After sailing across the sea for half a day, they received an update from A City, saying that He Yi and Wen Lele had gone to the airport with another unknown person and that they're about to board a flight to G Nation.
G Nation and V Nation were neighboring countries. Thus, it would seem that they were planning to take a connecting flight from there.
An Xiaoning instructed the bodyguards to think of a solution to delay their flight and stop them from proceeding to their journey.
In that case, An Xiaoning would arrive before them even though they were going by air.
An Xiaoning was afraid that it would be the same ancient graveyard they were both headed to.
Even if it wasn't the same one, it would still be better to stop them, lest she bumped into them in V Nation. It was always good to minimize the possible troubles.
An Xiaoning took a nap in the afternoon, which caused her to feel extremely awake at night. Fan Shixin had always had a routined life and would go to bed on time. Hence, he was not too exhausted at night since he had gotten some quality sleep the night before.
As they gradually approached V City, they felt the temperatures start to rise.
They lay on the chair while the breeze caressed their faces, allowing them to feel much cooler.
”It looks like it's about to rain.”
”Yeah, a thunderstorm is predicted to happen at about nine o'clock later,” said Fan Shixin, who just checked the weather forecast.
”Tell the captain of the ship to stop at the next nearest harbor. We'll decide whether or not to continue based on the weather later.”
”Alright.” Fan Shixin stood up and immediately proceeded to relay the instructions.
An Xiaoning placed her arms behind her head and stared at the pitch-dark sky above, the salty odor of the seawater reaching her nose. The sounds of the warm breeze rang in her ears, and she felt very much at peace.
However, her happiness was always short-lived. A short while later, it began drizzling again.
An Xiaoning folded the two chairs and returned inside the cabin.
As soon as she sat in front of the window, it began raining cats and dogs.
The ship was initially nearing the harbor but came to a halt due to the unfavorable weather conditions.
It would definitely cause a delay in their journey, especially since the rain did not seem to be stopping anytime soon.
”Shixin, do you have any coins in your pocket?”
”I do have a few,” said Fan Shixin, who reached into his pocket to retrieve four coins.
An Xiaoning grabbed three of them and tossed them onto the table for six times in a row.
Fan Shixin initially thought that she was just doing it for fun. Seeing the grave expression on her face, he asked, ”Young Madam, why are you upset?”
”I tossed up a divination for our trip. It's not going to be smooth-sailing. Let's disembark from the ship here and tell the captain to return once the rain gets lighter. We'll take another route,” said An Xiaoning, handing him the three coins.
”Do we take the plane instead?”
”No, we'll take someone else's ship. Let's grab our belongings and put on our raincoats before disembarking,” said An Xiaoning, who stood up.
”Okay.” Despite being a decisive person, Fan Shixin obeyed her instructions entirely.
Strangely, the rain began to dissipate once they got off the ship after giving the captain some instructions.